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Breeks

//bɹiːks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Pants, breeches. Scotland, plural, plural-only

    "— Ah, poor dogsbody, he said in a kind voice. I must give you a shirt and a few noserags. How are the secondhand breeks?"

Etymology

From Middle English breke, Northern variant of brechis (“trousers”), from Old English brēċ (“breeches”), plural of brōc (“covering for the leg; trouser”). More at breeches.

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